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Happy Friday and Happy International Women’s Day!!

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion.

When we inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion, we forge a better world, and when women themselves are inspired to be included, there’s a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment. Collectively, let’s forge a more inclusive world for women.” 

~IWD 2024

In the spirit of today, check out a few facts about the day:

• March 19, 1911 was the first celebrated International Women’s Day with more than 1 million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland taking part.
• The symbol for International Women’s Day is a female gender symbol. It is usually accompanied by the following colors purple, green and white. Purple stands for dignity and justice, green for hope, and white for purity.
• In some countries like Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Uzbekistan, International Women’s Day has been combined with Mother’s Day, a merger to highlight the importance of women as mothers.
• Integral to the fight for women’s rights and suffrage, International Women’s Day has been a platform for advocating voting rights and combating discrimination in various forms.
• In 1975, the United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 for the first time. Since then, the UN has become the primary sponsor of the annual event and has encouraged even more countries around the world to embrace the holiday and its goal of celebrating “acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.”

To find out more check out the following links:

• IWD Official Site
• IWD Resources
• UN International Women’s History Background
• International Women’s Day Around the World in Pictures